Flowers Feed the Soul.

Hello everyone: Every time I post on my little blog I say to all of you who come here that I pray and hope you and your families are doing well in these difficult times. Unfortunately, we as a Country are not doing well at all, the Pandemic and the civil unrest are getting worse, our leaders are NOT leading and that is a FACT!!!!! That's all I can say about that.

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I'm sharing this card with you and a few challenges.

These images are from 2 Flourishes sets, the garden hat and rack are from "Friendly Reminders" (2010) all the rest are from "From the Garden" (2010)

The brick wall was added after I had already stamped the table and hat with a Tim Holtz embossing folder but I didn't run it through the Big Shot, all I did was to sponge the ink on it, placed my panel on top and just rub the parts that didn't have the images, it worked perfectly. The little bird was stamped on the table, the rest of the images were stamped, colored with Prismacolor pencils and a few watercolors then, fussy cut.

The sentiment is from the set.

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This is the INSIDE of the card.

The garland of roses is from a new Stampin' Up set called "Grace's Garden", which is so beautiful, I just got it, love it!!, the rest of the images are from the Flourishes set.

I want to play with the following challenges.

The Library Challenge

Penny Black and More

"In the Garden"

Try Stampin' on Tuesday

I'm going with "Create a Scene"

Thank you for stopping by.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

Black Calla Lilies.......

Hello everyone: As always, I hope and pray you and your families are well in these very difficult times, please take care of yourselves and each other.

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The SHOPPING OUR STASH new challenge is one of my favorites, so I hope it will be one of yours too.  For the next ten days, my teammates and I want to see cards with BLACK AND WHITE images.

I was going to stamp this image from an old Flourishes set called "Calla Lilies" on white card stock with Black ink and just add shading with a black pencil but, I felt a bit adventurous and decided to do the opposite, stamp the image in white ink and color it with a white Prismacolor pencil, to me it looks like the negative of a picture. This is a Sympathy card, we don't like to create these cards but it's good to have some at hand.

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This is the INSIDE of the card.

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This is what I used to create this card.

Flourishes "Calla Lilies"

Memento white ink.

White Prismacolor pencil.

Spellbinders Oval Regalia die.

The sentiments both in front and inside, as well as the

Calla Lily image are from the Flourishes set.

I want to play with the following challenges.

Allsorts challenges

"Flowers all over"

Dragonfly Dreams

No Pattern Paper.

I hope you come and play along with us over at SHOPPING OUR STASH, we can't wait to see your creations in our gallery.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Stay healthy and safe.

Hugs.

Maria.

Sweet Memories.......

Hello everyone: Every day I pray that you and your families are doing well in these difficult times, please take care of yourselves and each other.

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When my brothers, my sister and me were growing up, we had the blessing of having our maternal grandma moving in to live with us. When she arrived at our house and from that day forward, we all enjoyed her amazing baking and cooking, which had a big influence in my life, but also, her sweet disposition, her warmth and caring ways, her positive attitude and infinite patience, which was always present, especially when she was teaching me to sew, to knit and crochet, skills that I have now thanks to her. Those were beautiful years, with no Internet, hardly any TV either, we kids spent our days in school, playing outside, reading and being spoiled by our grammy. 

This beautiful image reminds me of her bedroom, where I learned to sew, crochet and knit, wonderful memories of those years enjoying the abundant love of my sweet, amazing grandma.

I stamped the image from an old Flourishes set called "Stitched for You" on white card stock and colored it with Prismacolor pencils, I added a little Rhine Stone to the sewing basket for the loop on the lid that holds it closed. I can't remember where the flower die cut came from, it kind of looks like a Memory Box die.

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This is the INSIDE of the card.

The lace border is from a Martha Stewart punch, the sentiment is from unknown origins, the stamp set is super old and I'm afraid I threw away the package.

The spool is from THIS STAMP SET from Stampabilities.

I want to play along with the following challenges.

Crazy 4 Challenges

 

Cute Card Thursday

#643 "Stitching"

Inkspirational #217

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

Hugs.

Maria.

Butterflies Galore.......

Hello everyone, I hope and pray you and your families are staying healthy and safe, these are uncertain times so, let us do our part and take care of ourselves and each other.

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I have a couple of cards for The Twofer Challenge, the prompt word is BUTTERFLIES.

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First Card.

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Inside of First Card.

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Second Card.

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Inside of Second Card.

This is what I used to create these cards.

First Card.

SU retired Embosslits "Beautiful Wings".

SU retired "Serene Garden" stamp set.

Power Poppy "Natural Beauties" (sentiment)

Prismacolor pencils.

Inside First Card.

Power Poppy "Simply Camelias" (sentiment)

Second Card.

SU retired Embosslits "Beautiful Wings".

SU "Love Notes" Framelits Dies, (envelope).

Altenew "Splatter Stencil"

Flourishes "Calla Lilies" (for the word "sending")

Nested Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies.

Inside Second Card.

Power Poppy "Potted Primroses" (Sentiment).

The butterflies are from my stash but I don't recall where I got them😕

Washi Tape from "Creative by Design"

I want to play with the following challenges.

Twofer Card Challenge

Allsorts Challenge

Things beginning with "B"

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO

Maria.

Another Summer Twofer......

Hello everyone, as always, I hope you and your families are doing well in these difficult times. Please keep each other safe and healthy.

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THE FLOWER CHALLENGE has arrived at the midpoint in our July SUMMER/WINTER challenge.
Summer officially starts on June 20th. and is over on September 22nd. so here are a couple of cards made with flowers for the month of August and September, which is, by the way, my birth month, just saying😉
I'll list all the "ingredients" I used to create them at the end of this post.

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Here's the first card.

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This is the INSIDE of the first card.

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The second card.

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This is the INSIDE of the second card.

This is what I used to create both cards.

First Card.

Flourishes "A Year in Flowers" (2010)

Power Poppy "In Praise of Sunflowers"

Power Poppy "Sweet Memories" (Retired😭)

Pearlescent watercolors.

Prismacolor pencils.

Gina Marie Designs Enamel Dots.

Stampin' Up! "Filigree" embossing folder. (Retired)

Pattern papers and card stock from my stash. 

Second Card.

Flourishes "A Year in Flowers" (2010)

Spellbinders Nestabilities "Floral Oval Etched Dies"

Prismacolor pencils.

Cherry Lynn "Corner Lace Deco Dies"

Stampin' Up! "Tufted Dynamic Textured Embossing Folder"

Gina Marie Enamel Dots.

Pattern paper and card stock from my stash.

I hope you come along and play with my teammates and me at 

THE FLOWER CHALLENGE, we can't wait to see what you create.

Thank you for stopping by.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

Learning to Sew......

Hello dear friends: Every time I post on this blog I pray and hope you and your families are doing well, I know it's hard to live in these times, with so much uncertainty about health and social issues but, we need to stick together by staying apart, we need to really listen and to the advice that doctors and scientist, who actually know what they are talking about, give us every day. 

Please stay healthy, safe and take care of yourselves and each other.

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The challenge over at RETRO RUBBER is all about buttons, everybody has some in their sewing kit so I hope you find some and come join my teammates and I in our gallery.

My sweet and amazing maternal grandmother tough me how to sew by first learning to sew buttons on a piece of fabric when I was about 8 or 9 years old.

I pricked my fingers several times but those memories of my grandma are just as sweet as the cakes and cookies she used to bake for us spoiled grandkids.

Here's my card, with sweet memories of my grammy.

The buttons are really old, they are from Stampin' Up!, the colored gems are brads that I put through the buttonholes.  The little scissors are from THIS STAMP SET (Stampabilities 2012), I stamped them on white card stock and placed a piece of painters tape behind the image to be able to fussy cut them without tearing the paper, it's a bit tricky but I have really sharp, pointy scissors and lots of patience too, LOL!!

The spool is also stamped, fussy cut and then I wrapped some very thin yarn around and threaded a real needle to add to the design, I love how it looks.

The little flowers are from a 2012 Flourishes stamp set called "Stitched for You"

I found my inspiration for this card on Pinterest with this card by Leeanne Withby, just love the vintage look of it.

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This is the INSIDE of the card.

The sentiment is from another very old sewing stamp set but this one, I really can't remember, I apologize.  If any of you recognize the sentiment or the spool, please let me know. Thank you.

So I hope you come and join my teammates and I in the RETRO RUBBER gallery, remember to use stamps that are older than 1 year, and if you can, please let us know how old they are.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Festive Friday Challenge

I picked Embossing, Die Cuts and Flowers.

Dragonfly Dreams

No Pattern Paper.

Just Add Ink

Flowers and Texture.

TIME OUT Challenges

My card was inspired by memories of my maternal grandma

teaching me to sew.

Thank you for visiting me today.

Stay healthy and safe.

Hugs.

Maria.

Happy 13th!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello everyone: On July 11th. was my youngest grandson 13th. Birthday!!

I can't believe how fast the years just flew by, and now, here's this beautiful, sweet, funny young man, who is an awesome student, loving son, brother, and grandchild and, last but definitely not least, he is an amazing drum player.  We are so proud of him.  I made this card for him.

I found this image on Pinterest, I printed it out and colored with Prismacolor pencils.

The sentiment is from a retired SU set called "Curly Cute"

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This is the INSIDE of the card.

You know how hard it is to make masculine cards, let alone cards for teen boys so I was so happy that I found this image for Steven Michael's card.
The sentiment on the inside is from a Power Poppy set called Party Time.

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Inkspirational
I used Prismacolor pencils.


Send a Smile for Kids
Christmas in July or Anything Goes.


Craft Rocket Challenges
#72 "For the Men or Boys"


Fab'n'Funky Challenges
#489 "For a Men or Boy"


Watercooler Wednesday
All About Occasions.


Thank you for visiting me today.
Stay healthy and safe.
XO
Maria.